Show the peoples health journal has the lecture on what may be called the art of drinking cold w ter there are few people wha wh th thorough adough ly realize the of water as a bv bov or who know how t 0 obtain the greatest advantage adva hage fron fro n I 1 i he effects produced oy the of water vary with the manner in hi which it is drunk if for instance a pint of cold water be swallowed at a large draft or if it be taken in two portions with a short shor t interval internal between certain definite results follow effects which differ from those which would have resulted from the same quantity taken by sipping sipping is a powerful stimulant to the circulation a thing which ordinary drinking to is not during the act of sipping the action of the h e nerve which slows the beats of fu ahe e heart is abolished abolish td and as a consequence that organ contracts much more rapidly the pulse beats more quickly and the circulation in various parts of the body is increased in addition to this we find that the pressure under which the bile is secreted is in raised by the dipping of fluid and here is a point which might well be noted by our readers J glass of cold water slowly sipped will produce greater acceleration of the tha pulse for a time than will a glass alasi of wine or spirits taken at a dratt draft in this connection it may not he be out of place to mention that sipping cold water will often allay the craving for alcohol in those who have been in the ahe habit of taking too much of it and whir may be endeavoring to reform the effect being probably due to the fumu lant action of the sipping |